System and/or method for enhancing hearing using a camera module, processor and/or audio input and/or output devices
AssigneeAmbarella, Inc.
InventorJeffery Campbell
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a camera, a microphone, a speaker and a processor. The camera may be mounted to a first portion of a pair of eyeglasses. The microphone may be mounted to a second portion of the pair of eyeglasses. The speaker may be mounted to the pair of eyeglasses. The processor may be electronically connected to the camera, the microphone and the speaker. The processor may be configured to (i) associate a visual display of the movement of the lips of a target received from the camera with an audio portion of the target received from the microphone, (ii) filter sounds not related to the target, and (iii) play sounds not filtered through the speaker.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a camera mounted to a first portion of a pair of eyeglasses;
- a microphone mounted to a second portion of said pair of eyeglasses;
- a speaker mounted to said pair of eyeglasses;
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- a processor electronically connected to said camera, said microphone and said speaker, said processor configured to (i) analyze a video signal received from said camera, (ii) determine a target face from a plurality of faces by detecting a movement of lips in said video signal that corresponds to a location of sound isolated by said microphone, (iii) determine a gender of said target face, (iv) monitor audio frequencies received by said microphone associated with (a) a range of audio frequencies associated with said gender and (b) said movement of said lips of said target face, (v) filter sounds from said plurality of faces that are not from said target face, and (vi) play sounds through said speaker that have not been filtered, wherein (a) said range of audio frequencies monitored is narrowed by sampling audio frequencies corresponding to said gender based on characteristics of said target face and (b) said target face is recognized by said processor from a plurality of said faces in a field of view of said camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.